Khutor Farm

Khutor is located 3 1/2 miles N.E. of Veregin, Saskatchewan, Section 13, Twsp. 30, Range 1. W of 2 in the Rural Municipality of Sliding Hills. It was a center for raising purebred horses and cattle for communal purposes. Members of the Chernoff family lived here from 1912-1940, and after a number of private sales, it remains once again in the Chernoff family.

During the peak of the Chernoff life here, there were 20 adults and 25 children living under one roof. The house itself was a stately looking building about 30′ X 100′.

Chernoffs at Harvest Time — Harvest Time
Chernoffs at Harvest Time

The Khutor house — The Khutor House
The Khutor house was two stories with 10 bedrooms and a gigantic kitchen. It had a verandah on three sides with 20 round white columns supporting it

Boy with Horse and Buggy at Khutor — Horse and Buggy
Boy with Horse and Buggy at Khutor

Chernoff land near Veregin Saskatchewan. — Chernoff Land
Chernoff land (Khutor) near Veregin Saskatchewan.

Harvest at Khutor. Chernoff Brothers with their teams of horses — Harvest at Khutor
Harvest at Khutor. Chernoff Brothers with their teams of horses. Alosha (front right), Nicholai (front center) – his horses are to the left with the wagon, next Misha, then Vanya, and Fedya at the back. In the Wagon on the left Nicholai’s daughter Mabel (Later Mrs Rilkoff) and on the right ? (later Mrs Verigin). Woman standing closest to Nicholai is his wife Doonya. 1917

Previous Photo with People Identified — People Identified
Previous Photo with People Identified

Women in Buggy — Women in Buggy
Women in Buggy from Previous Photo

Khutor barn with house in the background — On the Farm
Khutor barn with house in the background

Khutors prize horses at Kamsack fair — Khutors prize horses
Khutors prize horses at Kamsack fair with Nikolai N. Chernoff

Layout of Khutor Buildings — Khutor Buildings
Layout of Khutor Buildings (from doukhobor.org)

Khutor House - Pete Chernoff — Khutor House
Khutor House – Drawing by Peter Chernoff in 1991

Khutor Floor Plan - Based on Pete N Chernoffs Drawing — Khutor Floor Plan
Khutor Floor Plan – Based on Pete N Chernoffs Drawing

Pure bred percheron stallions — Pure bred percheron stallions
Khutor Ranch -Pure bred percheron stallions. Left to right Andre, Nicholas (Tsar), Alex Chernoff

Nicholas N. Chernoff and others during harvest — Nicholas N. Chernoff and others during harvest, Khutor buildings visible in top right of photo
Nicholas N. Chernoff and others during harvest, Khutor buildings visible in top right of photo

P. P. Verigin visit at Khutor in late 1920s — P. P. Verigin Visit
P. P. Verigin visit at Khutor in late 1920s

P. P. Verigin visit at Khutor in late 1920s — P. P. Verigin Visit
P. P. Verigin visit at Khutor in late 1920s

Paul Birukovwith the children at Khutor — Paul Birukovwith the children at Khutor
Paul Birukov, Tolstoy’s private secretary with Children at Khutor

Khutor farm — Khutor farm
Khutor farm had one section (160 & 160 acres). Implement shed for machinery: thresher, steam engine, wagon, sleigh. Building on right was a grainery.

Lunch TIme — Lunch TIme
1935. Lunch time after threshing done. Pile in back – straw. Nick appointed lead and operated the threshing machine. Nick in middle.

Peter J. Chernoff — Peter J. Chernoff
Peter J. Chernoff 1937

Khutor Ranch near Veregin — Khutor Ranch near Veregin
Khutor Ranch near Veregin Saskatchewan where 6 Chernoff brothers lived with family and mother Anuta.

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